By Jennifer Hassan The letters arrived in March. Sent anonymously to multiple communities, the letters with words in bold at the top declared that Tuesday, April 3, would become “Punish a Muslim day” in Britain. Sent to homes, lawmakers and at least one business, the documents detailed a Continue Reading
Religion’s Socio-Economic Value in the U.S.
By Brian Grimm Religion annually contributes nearly $1.2 trillion of socio-economic value to the U.S. economy, according to a September 2016 first-of-its-kind study Melissa Grim and I published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion (see wide global press coverage of the Continue Reading
The share of Americans who leave Islam is offset by those who become Muslim
BY BESHEER MOHAMED AND ELIZABETH PODREBARAC SCIUPAC Like Americans in many other religious groups, a substantial share of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify as members of the faith. But, unlike some other faiths, Islam gains about as many converts as it loses. About a quarter of Continue Reading
Key findings about U.S. immigrants
By Gustavo Lopez The U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world. Today, more than 40 million people living in the U.S. were born in another country, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s migrants in 2015. The population of immigrants is also very diverse, with just about Continue Reading
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